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To: MrShoop
Medicare and Medicaid are massive government distortions on the market, so don't pretend that it is some sort of free or private market when the two largest entities involved are run by the government.

Don't put words in my mouth. I'm not pretending government programs are free or private market. I'm not endorsing Medicare or Medicaid simply by acknowledging they exist.

The fact remains that tens of millions will still have government health insurance through Medicare and Medicaid if Obamacare was repealed. You're acting as if it is the end of the world as we know it if Obamacare is repealed rather than replaced with some other socialized medicine.


you can't get coverage for preexisting conditions.

If someone is uninsurable because of a preexisting condition after the repeal of Obamacare, why use the force of government to redistribute wealth to cover the condition? The fact that coverage was lost because of Obamacare doesn't justify raping other taxpayers to subsidize healthcare for those who can't get coverage in the marketplace.

If anything, it seems like you're the one who is anti-free market and just loves to have Uncle Sugar loot producers to subsidize healthcare.

37 posted on 11/01/2015 11:15:27 AM PST by peyton randolph (I am not a number. I am a free man.)
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To: peyton randolph
You just sound a little hypocritical when you advocate for a private system EXCEPT THE TWO GIANT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS that dominate and define modern healthcare. If you want a truly free priate market, step up and eliminate Obamacare, Medicare, and Medicaid. Otherwise the government is just outsourcing wealth redistribution to the medical system.

Regarding pre existing conditions, you misunderstand. I'm not suggesting a subsidy, I'm suggesting a reset to 2008. If people had insurance then, they should have some path to get it back. You are inadvertently advocating a massive government giveaway to insurance companies - it is classic crony capitalism. People had long term contracts with insurance companies. Obamacare broke the contracts. If you don't have an Obamacare replacement, the insurance companies are gifted new leverage to renegotiate over individuals.

45 posted on 11/01/2015 12:27:03 PM PST by Wayne07
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